Climate averages 1991–2020
Bégoua weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bégoua: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bangui (11 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Bégoua, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bégoua ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 30.0°C; Bégoua is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bégoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 35.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 25 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 91 | 13.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 123 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 103 | 17.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 198 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 212 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 11 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 26 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Gemena in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 191 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 274 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Bambari in MayCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Carnot in MayCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Berbérati in MayCentral African Republic · 305 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 153 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 318 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bégoua) is explained once on the Bégoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.